Is this the country's biggest 99? Irish store prepares for frenzy as heatwave looms
It has long been the favourite of Irish punters, and has never been outdone in the popularity stakes but one shop in County Meath has outdone itself with its giant frozen offering.
Currans Service Station at Ross Cross on the old Dublin to Navan road is selling 500 of these creamy monsters every day with no signs of slowing down. Pic: Kayleigh Payne
Staff at the shop are very proud of their 'Big Boy' ice cream, and with hot weather forecast for the coming week, the shop is bracing itself for a whipped ice-cream frenzy in the next couple of weeks as people queue out the door to get their mitts on 9 inches of delicious ice cream perched atop a crispy wafer.
The BIG BOY cone is not as expensive as you might think it could be, retailing for €3.60 without a chocolate flake and 4 euro with the chocolate.
Currans shop is said to be very busy all day, every day, with people looking to get their hands on the 9 inches of creamy coolness, and the ice cream machine is never switched off.
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